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chuck hagel bent backwards to show how mainstream his views are the senators kept accusing him of not being mainstream enough and they kept using the word mainstream over and over again during this hearing chuck hagel has walked back on a number of positions he had taken earlier he kept apologizing again and again and chuck hagel went to great lengths to show that he is in no way going to challenge washington's core foreign policy beliefs as one of the senators put it it was quite an exhausting hearing considering the senators were asking almost the same questions and roughly eighty percent of them had to do with chuck hagel previous statements on israel and iran there was so much mentioning of israel that at some point they were confirming him as secretary of defense for israel i couldn't count how many times he said all options are on the table with regards to iran again and again saying a strike on iran is an option an option that he had previously called irresponsible by the way here's what chuck hagel kept repeating throughout the hearing get the united nations behind you get the
chuck hagel bent backwards to show how mainstream his views are the senators kept accusing him of not being mainstream enough and they kept using the word mainstream over and over again during this hearing chuck hagel has walked back on a number of positions he had taken earlier he kept apologizing again and again and chuck hagel went to great lengths to show that he is in no way going to challenge washington's core foreign policy beliefs as one of the senators put it it was quite an exhausting...
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chuck hagel bent backwards to show how mainstream his views are the senators kept accusing him of not being mainstream enough and they kept using the word mainstream over and over again during this hearing chuck hagel has walked back on a number of positions he had taken earlier he kept apologizing again and again and chuck hagel went to great lengths to show that he is in no way going to challenge washington's core foreign policy beliefs as one of the senators put it it was quite an exhausting hearing considering the senators were asking almost the same questions and roughly eighty percent of them had to do with chuck hagel previous statements on israel and iran there was so much mentioning of israel that at some point they were confirming him as secretary of defense for israel i couldn't count how many times he said all options are on the table with regards to iran again and again saying a strike on iran is an option an option that he had previously called irresponsible by the way here's what chuck hagel kept repeating throughout the hearing get the united nations behind you get the
chuck hagel bent backwards to show how mainstream his views are the senators kept accusing him of not being mainstream enough and they kept using the word mainstream over and over again during this hearing chuck hagel has walked back on a number of positions he had taken earlier he kept apologizing again and again and chuck hagel went to great lengths to show that he is in no way going to challenge washington's core foreign policy beliefs as one of the senators put it it was quite an exhausting...
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burke and previously chuck hagel voted against sanctions but today's chuck hagel as we found out during this hearing is for sanctions to those who believe mr haye go was in favor of direct negotiations with iran as he had previously claimed he was he offered a correction a very big one he tried to blur his response as much as he could here's what he said i don't have a problem with engaging i think great powers engaging engagement is clearly in our interest that's not negotiation engagement is not appeasement engagement is not sure under so no direct negotiations with iran here's another example of how chuck hagel had to walk back on some of his previous statements at one time he said and this is become a famous quote the political reality is that the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here i've always argued against some of the dumb things they do because i don't think it's in the interest of is world and of quote here's chuck hagel during this confirmation hearing noted that i. that i should have used another term and i'm sorry and i regret i mean do your use of intimidation.
burke and previously chuck hagel voted against sanctions but today's chuck hagel as we found out during this hearing is for sanctions to those who believe mr haye go was in favor of direct negotiations with iran as he had previously claimed he was he offered a correction a very big one he tried to blur his response as much as he could here's what he said i don't have a problem with engaging i think great powers engaging engagement is clearly in our interest that's not negotiation engagement is...
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a number of republican senators including john mccain say chuck hagel is not qualified for the job but they indicate that they're going to allow the full senate to vote because what happened ten days ago was that the senators voted to postpone the vote and to continue the debate so it's all likely that they're going to keep stalling the vote over chuck hagel is confirmation and he will be confirmed there's no doubt about that the votes are there but the humiliation that he had to go through during these last few months sent a message all by itself right now chuck hagel is this repenting figure who keeps apologizing for the positions he had taken before for the statements he had made before including that war with iran should not be an option including his criticism of israel's actions and other foreign policy views that he had expressed as a senator the congress effectively showed their readiness to destroy anyone who would allow themselves to descend from washington's core foreign policy belief so despite all the apologizing that mr hagel has done one senator said he almost had tears
a number of republican senators including john mccain say chuck hagel is not qualified for the job but they indicate that they're going to allow the full senate to vote because what happened ten days ago was that the senators voted to postpone the vote and to continue the debate so it's all likely that they're going to keep stalling the vote over chuck hagel is confirmation and he will be confirmed there's no doubt about that the votes are there but the humiliation that he had to go through...
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congress will continue to support these systems the new secretary of defense that obama is nominated chuck hagel former republican senator from nebraska was one of the co-sponsors in the senate of the missile defense program so he clearly is a strong ally of the system massive strikes have shaken the streets of spain of this week as tens of thousands of teachers and students voiced their anger over education cuts but the government seems to be turning a blind eye to the crowds and says it's committed to belt tightening measures as it struggles to dig the country out of its debt hole the message from the people of spain it was echoed on the streets of ireland where tens of thousands of trade unionists gathered in a massive show of anger against severe austerity measures tough cuts that were implemented to please ireland's creditors it's been relying on a joint e.u. international monetary fund alone since two thousand and ten. and angry crowds have been spoiling the mood of the leaders as they celebrate in historic budget deal cutting the block spending for the first time ever however the bill lef
congress will continue to support these systems the new secretary of defense that obama is nominated chuck hagel former republican senator from nebraska was one of the co-sponsors in the senate of the missile defense program so he clearly is a strong ally of the system massive strikes have shaken the streets of spain of this week as tens of thousands of teachers and students voiced their anger over education cuts but the government seems to be turning a blind eye to the crowds and says it's...
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congress will continue to support these systems the new secretary of defense that obama is nominated chuck hagel former republican senator from nebraska was one of the co-sponsors in the senate of the missile defense program so he clearly is a strong ally of the system. massive strikes have shaken the streets of spain of this week as tens of thousands of teachers and students voiced their anger over education cuts but the government seems to be turning a blind eye to the crowds and says it's committed to belt tightening measures as it struggles to dig the country out of its debt hole the message from the people of spain was echoed on the streets of ireland where tens of thousands of trade unionists gathered in a massive show of anger against severe austerity measures tough cuts were implemented to please ireland's creditors it's been relying on a joint e.u. international monetary fund alone since two thousand and ten. and angry crowds have been spoiling the mood of the e.u. leaders as they celebrate in historic budget deal cutting the block spending for the first time ever however the bill left
congress will continue to support these systems the new secretary of defense that obama is nominated chuck hagel former republican senator from nebraska was one of the co-sponsors in the senate of the missile defense program so he clearly is a strong ally of the system. massive strikes have shaken the streets of spain of this week as tens of thousands of teachers and students voiced their anger over education cuts but the government seems to be turning a blind eye to the crowds and says it's...
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congress will continue to support these systems the new secretary of defense that obama is nominated chuck hagel former republican senator from nebraska was one of the co-sponsors in the senate of the missile defense program so he clearly is a strong ally of this system and i think that he is being brought into running the pentagon because of partly because of that relationship what we're seeing right now is some criticism from the republicans about the about this particular school system but there is a competition going on for various missile defense projects the boeing corporation has projects that the bush administration favored the obama administration is favored ones that are being manufactured by raytheon in general dynamics and so really what little argument we see in the congress is more about which corporations are going to get the big contracts in the years ahead your thoughts on the subject bruce gagne on corner coordinator of the global network against weapons and nuclear power in space thank you for a thought on the subject thank you. massive strikes have shaken the streets of spain
congress will continue to support these systems the new secretary of defense that obama is nominated chuck hagel former republican senator from nebraska was one of the co-sponsors in the senate of the missile defense program so he clearly is a strong ally of this system and i think that he is being brought into running the pentagon because of partly because of that relationship what we're seeing right now is some criticism from the republicans about the about this particular school system but...
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congress will continue to support these systems the new secretary of defense that obama is nominated chuck hagel former republican senator from nebraska was one of the co-sponsors in the senate of the missile defense program so he clearly is a strong ally of this system and i think that he is being brought into running the pentagon because of partly because of that relationship what we're seeing right now is some criticism from the republicans about the about this particular school system but there is a competition going on for various missile defense projects the boeing corporation has projects that the bush administration favored the obama administration is favored ones that are being manufactured by raytheon in general dynamics and so really what little argument we see in the congress is more about which corporations are going to get the big contracts in the years ahead or i appreciate your thoughts on the subject bruce gagne on corner coordinator of the global network against weapons and nuclear power in space thank you for a thought on the subject thank you. massive strikes have shaken the
congress will continue to support these systems the new secretary of defense that obama is nominated chuck hagel former republican senator from nebraska was one of the co-sponsors in the senate of the missile defense program so he clearly is a strong ally of this system and i think that he is being brought into running the pentagon because of partly because of that relationship what we're seeing right now is some criticism from the republicans about the about this particular school system but...
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in ministration well i think that that former senator hagel has taken courageous positions on iran on a range of issues and i admire them and respect them and the concern i have is that he is being nominated for the wrong job to carry out those positions his defense secretary if he is a if he is if he's approved to be as defense secretary he will not be the person in charge of creating or implementing strategies of iran or any other foreign policy issue. he will be he will be at the defense department doing quintessentially defense secretary things in this environment which is to cut the budget and try to keep the united states out of another war now that peace try to keep the united states out of another war could have impact here but the problem is he what he could potentially try to keep united states out of another war without being able to either to offer a vision for another way to deal with this challenge the islamic republic poses a real challenge for the united states and a real challenge to israel in the region that challenges to significantly constrain both the united state
in ministration well i think that that former senator hagel has taken courageous positions on iran on a range of issues and i admire them and respect them and the concern i have is that he is being nominated for the wrong job to carry out those positions his defense secretary if he is a if he is if he's approved to be as defense secretary he will not be the person in charge of creating or implementing strategies of iran or any other foreign policy issue. he will be he will be at the defense...
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had said previously that there is too much of your talk going on and maybe by nominating chuck hagel he wanted to play down because too many people here in washington are too eager to talk war just during the confirmation hearing the word war was mentioned one hundred twenty times the word iran one hundred eight times by comparison of ghana's than the war that the u.s. is fighting right now just twenty six mentions of course those are just words but they may very well show how eager many many in washington are to discuss new wars without even having finished the old ones. libya is braced for fresh on rest the second anniversary of the revolution that toppled gadhafi is being held under the threat of violence security is tight and foreigners are leaving on mess the first protests against the current government are expected in benghazi the birthplace of the revolution former m i five agent an emotion explains why libya has seen any post arab spring optimism destroyed. people have invested a lot of hope in the arab spring i think now they're beginning to realize the harsh reality that a
had said previously that there is too much of your talk going on and maybe by nominating chuck hagel he wanted to play down because too many people here in washington are too eager to talk war just during the confirmation hearing the word war was mentioned one hundred twenty times the word iran one hundred eight times by comparison of ghana's than the war that the u.s. is fighting right now just twenty six mentions of course those are just words but they may very well show how eager many many...
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in the ministration well if he i think that that former senator hagel has taken courageous positions on iran on a range of issues and i admire them and respect them and the concern i have is that he is being nominated for the wrong job to carry out those positions his defense secretary if he is or if he is if he's approved to be as defense secretary he will not be the person in charge of creating or implementing strategies of iran or any other foreign policy issue. he will be he will be at the defensive. i mean doing quintessentially defense secretary things in this environment which is to cut the budget and try to keep the united states out of another war now that peace try to keep the united states out of another war could have impact here but the problem is he what he could potentially try to keep united states out of another war without being able to either to offer a vision for another way to deal with this challenge the islamic republic poses a real challenge for the united states and a real challenge to israel in the region that challenges to significantly constrain both the u
in the ministration well if he i think that that former senator hagel has taken courageous positions on iran on a range of issues and i admire them and respect them and the concern i have is that he is being nominated for the wrong job to carry out those positions his defense secretary if he is or if he is if he's approved to be as defense secretary he will not be the person in charge of creating or implementing strategies of iran or any other foreign policy issue. he will be he will be at the...
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of this hour the delay in chuck hagel thorny u.s. defense secretary confirmation which met an unprecedented republican opposition is seen as a push for shuffling his anti hawkish view. and tired of being watched on t.v. c.c.t.v. activists in germany teaming up and take their point against public the violence into their own hands by destroying as many street cameras as possible. international news this is all she was me. under a very warm welcome to the program. twenty hiroshima's that's the international space agency's estimate of the explosive power of the meteorite which shattered over russia's year olds it left more than twelve hundred people injured and caused tens of millions of dollars worth of damage. at the epicenter and brings us the details how events unfolded. it wasn't a bird of the plane or superman but something much louder brighter faster and maybe times of war terrifying because big bright like him shiny across the sky you know blinding brighter than the sun and it was around nine am when the skies were suddenly lit u
of this hour the delay in chuck hagel thorny u.s. defense secretary confirmation which met an unprecedented republican opposition is seen as a push for shuffling his anti hawkish view. and tired of being watched on t.v. c.c.t.v. activists in germany teaming up and take their point against public the violence into their own hands by destroying as many street cameras as possible. international news this is all she was me. under a very warm welcome to the program. twenty hiroshima's that's the...
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secretary of defense demanding chuck hagel answer more questions. and money troubles and a belt tightening during the g. twenty meeting in moscow finance chiefs discussed the possibility of a currency war as well as the ongoing e.u. debt crisis. top news in commentary live from moscow this is r.t. glad to have you with us. picture this it is eight fifty one in the morning in a mid-sized the city east of the urals people are starting to go to work or school when the sky is lit up by a fiery path of the media are about to smash into the earth in the middle of russia when i witness was the canadian hockey player michael garnett who gave a firsthand account of the dramatic arrival. speak bright like shining across the sky you know blinding brighter than the sun and then it was followed by a huge. explosion on board a minute or so later that broke last nearly sank the lake fixtures were swaying back and forth i don't point to when looking out the window when i saw this giant street going across the sky like the tail of the cloud of what what had just hap
secretary of defense demanding chuck hagel answer more questions. and money troubles and a belt tightening during the g. twenty meeting in moscow finance chiefs discussed the possibility of a currency war as well as the ongoing e.u. debt crisis. top news in commentary live from moscow this is r.t. glad to have you with us. picture this it is eight fifty one in the morning in a mid-sized the city east of the urals people are starting to go to work or school when the sky is lit up by a fiery path...
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this hour the republicans are blocking chuck hagel from becoming america's defense secretary. more about president obama's candidate and in just a few minutes here on the program we'll be joined by a reporter in washington about why hey girl is causing such concern. at libya for. three of the uprising that toppled gadhafi preparations includes setting up roadblocks across the country and nato forces gather inside the capital of this us the number of those protesting against the new government continues to rise and so much more after the break. good lumber tour. was to build a new. regime at least doesn't give a dollar amount anything. british . headlines. in the u.s. senate republicans have stalled an attempt by the white house to make chuck hagel the secretary of defense he fell just short sighted to push for more a bit more about him. to give us a. good to see you give us a bit of a background to this why did the republican. bid to be the new defense chief do you think. well those who blocked the vote on chuck hagel nomination this thursday nov very well that he will eventua
this hour the republicans are blocking chuck hagel from becoming america's defense secretary. more about president obama's candidate and in just a few minutes here on the program we'll be joined by a reporter in washington about why hey girl is causing such concern. at libya for. three of the uprising that toppled gadhafi preparations includes setting up roadblocks across the country and nato forces gather inside the capital of this us the number of those protesting against the new government...
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of course knowing the position chuck hagel had taken before it was also seen as a message president obama had said previously that there is too much of your talk going on and maybe by nominating chuck hagel he wanted to play down because too many people here in washington are too eager to talk war just during the confirmation hearing the word war was mentioned one hundred twenty times the word iran one hundred eight times by comparison of ghana's than the war that the u.s. is fighting right now just twenty six mentions of course those are just words but they may very well show how eager many many in washington are to discuss new wars without even having finished the old ones. the british government's programme of cuts has resulted in a drastic drop in the number of police officers to the lowest level in over a decade and radical reform package has already sparked many security questions or he had a chance to ask m.p.'s on both sides of the argument if the fears are reasonable. in the number of police offices up to the lowest levels for eleven years is the impact of a twenty percent
of course knowing the position chuck hagel had taken before it was also seen as a message president obama had said previously that there is too much of your talk going on and maybe by nominating chuck hagel he wanted to play down because too many people here in washington are too eager to talk war just during the confirmation hearing the word war was mentioned one hundred twenty times the word iran one hundred eight times by comparison of ghana's than the war that the u.s. is fighting right now...
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are right or wrong then you are free to elaborate just a small piece of a very heated hearing chuck hagel is going on the d. thousands on capitol hill today as one congress member after another take shots at his readiness to leave the defense department a look at this a war of words coming up. thursday january thirty first i'm liz wall here in washington d.c. and you're watching r t we begin today taking a look at whistleblowers in america former cia agent john kiriakou was sentenced to thirty months in prison just a few days ago he struck a plea deal and admitted to revealing the identity of a covert officer to a reporter he was originally charged with violating the espionage act kiriakou was the first cia official to publicly confirm the use of waterboarding and other tactics he describes as torture under the bush administration but his supporters believe he's being unfairly targeted and punished for blowing the whistle on this government practice john kiriakou himself joins us now in one of his final interviews before he goes. the president along with jasmine radicals in his attorney r
are right or wrong then you are free to elaborate just a small piece of a very heated hearing chuck hagel is going on the d. thousands on capitol hill today as one congress member after another take shots at his readiness to leave the defense department a look at this a war of words coming up. thursday january thirty first i'm liz wall here in washington d.c. and you're watching r t we begin today taking a look at whistleblowers in america former cia agent john kiriakou was sentenced to thirty...
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had said previously that there is too much of your talk going on and maybe by nominating chuck hagel he wanted to play down because too many people here in washington are too eager to talk war just during the confirmation hearing the word war was mentioned one hundred twenty times the word iran one hundred eight times by comparison of ghana's than the war that the u.s. is fighting right now just twenty six mentions of course those are just words but they may very well show how eager many many in washington are to discuss new wars without even having finished the old ones. libya is braced for fresh on rest the second anniversary of the revolution that toppled gadhafi is being held under the threat of violence security is tight and foreigners are leaving on mess the first protests against the current government are expected in benghazi the birthplace of the revolution former m i five agent an emotion explains why libya has seen any post arab spring optimism destroyed. the people who invest a lot of hope in the arab spring i think now they're beginning to realize the harsh reality that
had said previously that there is too much of your talk going on and maybe by nominating chuck hagel he wanted to play down because too many people here in washington are too eager to talk war just during the confirmation hearing the word war was mentioned one hundred twenty times the word iran one hundred eight times by comparison of ghana's than the war that the u.s. is fighting right now just twenty six mentions of course those are just words but they may very well show how eager many many...
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secretary of defense hagel will have to cope with a company long accused of using his cozy government ties to dodge the hands of justice last week the part private contractor firm academy formerly known infamously so as blackwater escaped with little more than a slap on the wrist over a new arms smuggling scandal michael o'brien is the author of a book called america's failure in iraq and he thinks it's essentially immune from prosecution. they're just follow on charges after the the debacle at mr square in the big beard september of two thousand and seven. course that was where the seventeen iraqis were were killed these are follow on charges that were. pushed against blackwater course that that's the old name the company technically doesn't exist that way they can you know technically legally sever the relationship the trop the charges three people were just look to walk to the charges were reduced to five thousand dollar fine slap on the wrist i think it also there's house arrest for four months or so. and the other thing too is they they claim that they were buying these weapons f
secretary of defense hagel will have to cope with a company long accused of using his cozy government ties to dodge the hands of justice last week the part private contractor firm academy formerly known infamously so as blackwater escaped with little more than a slap on the wrist over a new arms smuggling scandal michael o'brien is the author of a book called america's failure in iraq and he thinks it's essentially immune from prosecution. they're just follow on charges after the the debacle at...
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defense secretary nominee chuck hagel will be given another try but only after a week long test of his anti hawkish views our top stories. from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with you on screen twenty four hours a day people in russia's urals are recovering from the shock of the meteor that crashed to earth in the air on friday the space rock exploded in the sky creating a powerful shockwave and damaging hundreds of buildings including schools. twelve hundred people have been injured as a result of the devastating explosion many of them children what is your position of reports now from the affected region. thankfully the night passed quietly and without any incidents in chile i've instance there were fears that more meteors were going to hit the area nothing of the kind happened but the consequences of friday's meteor are still quite a handful of us not only about shattered glass lots of old buildings were damaged as well like this factory there behind me where parts of the wall and roof just collapsed which is remarkable since we're around one hundred kilometers which is
defense secretary nominee chuck hagel will be given another try but only after a week long test of his anti hawkish views our top stories. from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with you on screen twenty four hours a day people in russia's urals are recovering from the shock of the meteor that crashed to earth in the air on friday the space rock exploded in the sky creating a powerful shockwave and damaging hundreds of buildings including schools. twelve hundred people have been...